Hi all! I saved my words, XD! I am publishing the next chapter to make it a two-shot. Hmm, get ready to face a few disasters in this chapter. All your doubtful (probably not) answers will be justified here.
Thanks a lot to Droplets of blue rain, Cutetyhil and AnnieJD29 for reading and reviewing and thanks to Cutetyhil for faving it! ^^
As I said earlier, I have started publishing "Shoot first and then question" in Inkitt. I have an account called "Nainika_Seafoamgreen". I couldn't paste the link in bio due to an error. You can read the fic there too but just three chapters are there till date XD. No worries, I'll update more :P
I might write an Indian book there in the same site and the characters are the Indian versions of Beyblade Original characters. Wanna know their names? Ask me in PM XD!
Even I have started "Where the sun rises during fall" in Archive of our own. I have an account called "Seafoamgirl". You can read the fic there too.
Back to the fic. Here, I have added similar such instances of a few more love-triangles apart from the one which you've encountered.
Okay, I think you all are eager to read the next chappie I guess… Then let's go! :D
It was pitch dark, as the moon hid itself from the people. A few people were assembled in the living room, refrained from entering the room. The main door was opened, and taking advantage of it, a scarlet haired in her late twenties approached. All the Australians turned to see the familiar Japanese. The door to the bedroom was left open. Guilt increased its pace on invading her as she went inside. To her disappointment, she saw a familiar blunette on the bed with his legs not kicking but were still and straight with his fingers pressing his forehead. He acted as if she were invisible to him. The scarlet turned to her right and around ten-feet away, there laid a blonde in her late twenties, dressed in light brown tee and a white tracks, and a baby-pink cottom coat over her top. Hair was left unbound, eyes were cerise and her right hand pressed against her tummy. Her back was leaning against the wall and her legs in V-Shaped canopy.
The scarlet wobbled her shoulders and said, "Stella! What happened to you? Stella, please tell me! I've asked everyone! I seriously don't know what the guards did to you! Why are you feeble and tired?"
"I did come to meet you, but your guards-"
"Stop it Stella. Don't talk to her," replied the blunette as he got up.
"Kane, please tell! Please tell me what happened?" she asked, going to him but he halted her by clutching her shoulder.
"Don't come close. Please," he replied in a façade calm tone.
"And Kane, you never told me that you-"
"Married Stella, right?"
Gulping in guilt, she nodded.
"You know, the freaking idiotic guards bet her till she laid passed out and thanks to my friend who saved her on time, but….. But…. Just because of a careless woman like you…. S-S-S-S-S….."
"Kane! Don't make me feel embarrassed! Come to the point! Tell me!"
"WE HAVE LOST OUR CHILD… ONLY, ONLY….. BECAUSE OF YOU! YOU! You…." he cried as he dropped himself on the floor. The scarlet's dark eyes were brimmed with tears as she closed her mouth in awe. Waves of disappointment were refraining to come out of her.
"I never tried to kill your child Kane! Why should I do that? You're…. you're my best friend!"
"YOU were, but not NOW! I thought of going on well with you, but…. But you just shattered it into pieces! You…. Bloody woman!"
"Kane, Stop it," ordered Stella as she lifted her flat palm.
Heaving a deep breath, she continued though her vocal cord lacked the strength, "I am sorry. I came to the headquarters an hour later due to the heavy traffic. I asked the guards whether I could meet you but they told me that visitors aren't allowed beyond three p.m. Again, I said that I am your friend but they lost their temper and beat me. Then luckily, Kane's friend Lucy saw me."
"I am very sorry Stella!" cried the red-head, bending down to reach the blonde.
"Stop this acting!"
"Kane! No!"
"You have made a mistake in your career! Do you know, ever….ever since I started to work as a doctor, I never gave any wrong medicines and ensured that all my patients are safe! I never made ANY mistake, though it's the toughest job! But you, who is working in an office took away the life of an innocent child, before even it could see its parents! I swear that you'll face the consequences of it!"
The red-head cried not only because the blunette scolded her to no end, but because of her they lost their progeny.
"Are you too lazy to go and walk up to the guards and tell them that a friend of yours will be meeting you today! And, because of this, I'll make sure that you are put behind bars! I'll file a case!"
"Kane no!" exclaimed Stella as she struggled to get up. Seeing her, a boy and a girl in their late teens rushed to the room and lifted her up, meanwhile the blunette and the scarlet were engaged in their argument.
"Stella, don't get up! Tomorrow, this….. This….. This good for nothing woman who destroyed our lives!"
"KANE! I SAID STOP THIS AND I HAD ENOUGH WITH YOU! PLEASE CALM DOWN!" yelled Stella.
There was a sudden muzzle among the inhabitors. The blunette was panting.
"See, I am stopping this for my wife, or else…"
"No Kane," warned the blonde.
"Kane, leave her. It was just by a mistake."
"You aren't sad that you have-"
"Shush! She is your friend Kane! How would she ever think of destroying her friend's life? Is she that bad?"
"That's what she did Stella! In childhood, do you know how much I struggled to enunciate her word by word that I loved her? She never returned back the feelings, rejecting me for each and every time! Okay, it's understood that it was a mere teenage thingy, but even after growing up she never returned to me! I confessed her at eighteen, twenty, twenty-two! From that, shouldn't she have known that I love her still? And that it was true love? What's her intention? To make me cripple? To roast me to no end?"
For a few moments, no for many, the scarlet felt as if all the knives in the world were stabbing her. A love which passed away before even it could be born a few years ago, resurrected at the wrong time. Yes, she found feelings for him too but not at the right time. She got to notice that very late, much late. I mean, just now, she realized…. That love wasn't resurrected, but remained in her unconsciously. She never got his consent before she got wedded to the Chinese.
"Kane, I am really very sorry. I-I-I-I seriously love you Kane! Tell me what should I do? Choke to death or hang myself?"
"I won't pardon you gold digger! And…. And you confess me in-front of my wife? And, this is how loyal you are to your husband? I am NOT going to love you anymore because I am not a betrayer like you, who betrayed one and left! Same thing, I am not going to betray Stella! She is a thousand, maybe an infinite times better than you! Really!"
"Kane, why are you calling me a gold digger?" asked the scarlet, who couldn't control her sobs.
"You are! You got married to a world class blader when someone was in love with you madly! I'll tell what love for you is! Find a man who is famous and regret whatever your heart says, right? If you've loved me, you would have been Mrs. Yamashita and if you've still loved me and you are married to another guy who got so much of fame, it means you are a gold digger! You married him because he is rich and popular! You neglected me just because I am poor and infamous! All you cared is for comfort! Not for your heart! Either, you are a gold digger or you didn't have loved me! Get lost!"
"Kane, listen to me!" she shuddered his arms, but he just pushed her away mercilessly. Now, she cried again.
"Kane…. Now tell me. What should I do? Kill myself so that you could forget me?" asked the scarlet, whose head was bent down and stains of tears evident on her.
The blonde's expression was turning frightened and embarrassed as she hugged the teen girl.
"What's the use? Will my child ever return?"
"Tell me. Should I give you something? Shall I become a maid when I am already heartbroken and will have to bear to see my love with another woman in this field? Tell me."
Bringing his flat palms together, he replied, "Do nothing, BUT, never ever come back! I shouldn't see you here after… Forget our days, forget everything, forget that we met each other, forget that we both travelled the world, forget that we beybattled, forget that we took a lot of pics, forget that we studied together, forget that we used the freaky Cyber bit-beasts, forget that I were your team captain and forget THAT I PUSHED YOU THAT DAY! Forget everything and Kane is DEAD for you! Sa-"
Sobbing, she replied, "Okay, but I'll never forget you in my life! I just can't!" Tears were evident in her voice.
She walked off quickly as she wiped her tears. Meanwhile, the others left the place too, leaving the blonde, blunette and the two teens. They asked whether they could lift her up but she just said a no to it.
"Thank you Jake and Ema. Both go to your homes," mumbled the blonde.
"Take care Stella. Don't worry, things will be alright," consoled Ema. The kids left the place with consoling yet worried looks, meanwhile the blunette still stood and the blonde Australian was lying lymph. It was unbearable for her to break all those vulgar moments and proceed. She felt herself dead though she was alive.
The blunette lifted her in bridal style and dropped her on the bed. His looks were sorrowful enough to melt her heart, regretting the maelstrom which happened just a few minutes ago.
"Wanna have something to eat?" asked the blunette gently, to which she swayed her head in dismay.
"Come on babe, you'll have to. Look, how weak are you!"
"Tch, I am not in the mood to eat anything right now! Leave me," mumbled the blonde. The indigo-haired vibrated his head in annoyance. Without responding, he advanced towards the kitchen. She heard the sound of the cook stove and the aroma of the food spreading in around twenty minutes. She exclaimed, "Kane no!"
"You'll have to eat Stella! No why, ifs, no, or buts! Have it or else I'll have to spoon feed you like what we should have done to the dead kid if it were alive! At least for the sake of our child's soul, eat it!" scolded Kane
The wife couldn't fight back and thus, sighed. Fifteen minutes later, the blunette returned back with a vegetable soup and two slices of bread toast.
"Can you feed me Kane?" asked the blonde in her pure innocence to which the blunette nodded his head in approval, but slight frustration and anger was evident on his face. He started feeding the soup and she couldn't believe that it tasted so well. Poor child, it could have tasted this. It was relishing and melted her tongue. Now, she herself felt the hunger.
"How is it?" he asked in a glum tone.
"Good," she replied with a very weak smile.
"Kane, can you bring me a small bowl and a plate? Bring it nah."
"For what?"
"For a purpose."
Sighing, he went to the kitchen and bought the desired things. She grabbed them immediately and poured a fair amount of soup and a piece of bread on each of them. She kept them beside a table.
"What's that?" he asked.
"For the dead child," she replied.
The blunette bet his forehead but continued to feed her and finally, she got to finish them completely. The blunette was about to go but she held his wrist.
"Thank you Kane," she greeted.
Somehow managing to smile, he replied as he gently caressed her fingers, "Anytime."
He took the utensils to the sink and washed them neatly.
For a few days, she kept saving some food and the blunette cried looking at her state. At times he thought whether she was hallucinated. They were suffering from depression for a few days and this had a large impact on their health as well. None were there for their care but Kane himself didn't inform that to the relatives regarding the depression though he told them regarding the death of their child.
This incident produced shock waves among the beyblade fans as well as the beybladers. Some old fans of Kane and Stella protested the scarlet and her husband to be banned from the WBBA for a few years and even a few other fans supported too. Hardly anybody took part in tournaments hosted by her and people were craving for justice for the unlucky couple. Few fans even said that what she did to the poor soul was a planned murder, not an unexpected death and some started calling her evil.
It almost took two weeks for Stella to come out from the pain after the death of her unborn child. Now, she was physically good yet her mental state wasn't supporting her.
To make herself relieved, she walked to the swimming pool wearing her one piece thin strap white monokini concealing her trunk and revealing her bare thighs, either sides of her waist, calf-muscles and a part of her upper back. Extra georgette strands fitted the fancy black-belt lasted up to her feet. A choker consisting of columns and rows of glimmering Black and white stones hid her bare neck. A chest chain concealed her plump breasts fitting the chest of the suit with the help of a black diamond. Her unbound hair fluttered as the breeze flirted with it. Without wasting anytime, she dived in and did breaststrokes for a few minutes underwater till her husband reached there.
The blonde turned to her right and saw her husband approaching her. He was kind of glum. He was dressed in a black T-shirt and navy-blue cotton shorts. No words, but they were talking to each other through glances. They were expecting each other something, but the blunette initiated it by removing his shirt and dropped it on the sleeping chair. A very mild tinge of red appeared on her cheeks after observing each and every curve and this tells he was well built.
You are falling in to me, Drop by drop
And your existence in me more yours than myself
Your body feels wet to me
Come my heart says it wishes to drink you
The blunette to dived in and reached for his wife.
I have not remained in myself even a little bit
See even you aren't there in yourself
I am burning in the hot breaths
And you are melting inside me
For ten minutes, they were doing the same breaststroke underwater, then clasping each other's hands thereby posing themselves and gradually, they went up to get fresh oxygen. The blunette gently clutched her waist and drew her more close, locking her body with his's. They were able to feel each other's curves and their heartbeats.
Let me burn drop by drop, meet your shyness,
Let me melt your body made of wax,
There'll be narrow twists and turns
Let me fire up each part of you.
Her hands slaked his shoulder and caressed his spine, which made him feel tempted and he too clutched her waist tighter which made her feel stiff. He slowly dragged it up to her spine and finally reached her nape. She inhaled and exhaled frequently making her tempted too. Without wasting anytime, he quickly grabbed her jaws and fiercely kissed right on her lips, dancing his's against her soft, silky and squishy ones. She badly refrained from breathing as her chest got tighter and froze. She too kissed him back and kept protesting for dominance but unfortunately she couldn't. Yet she enjoyed relaxing and he working more of it. She slowly raked his jaws and dragged her hands through his wet scalp. He too moved his hands around her trunk like a python and it accelerated her heart.
Let there be some mistakes,
These fingers crawl (over you)
Make me stay in between your body
Are you some hot moment or some boiling ice?
Just come and be spent on me
Yeah, they were needed! They'd have to remove the impurity of undergoing the miserable years, unable to shatter them and scatter them to a world of no return. Now, they'll have to need some pleasure to keep them together forever and they wouldn't let each other down.
After separating from each other, the blunette grasped the crook on her neck, brashly and abruptly kissing it and refrained from giving it some love bites. Her heart abruptly accelerated and flattered against her chest. But, nevertheless she shut her eyelids and enjoyed it. He then came down till her neck, imprinting his signs of love on her. Later, he retreated and again dragged her for a fierce kiss, melting it under the moon. Only the moonlit night witnessed the love-making couple including a few trees around with a few insects on it. He could see her eyeliner and kohl smudged but still pretty.
Later, he turned her around as his lips grabbed the nape of her neck and kissing it and gently bit it which made her whine. He felt her body was fluctuating in movements as he got hold of her slender waist and gently caressing the chains and chokers. He felt her chest rising up and down as he gently slid them.
After enjoying the pleasure, he rested his head on her chest paying heed to her heartbeats. She smiled, clutching her husband to herself protectively as she ran her hand through his scalp again. After relaxing themselves, he carried her in bridal style up to their room and the chiffon strands were dragging on the floor. He put on a blanket and dropped his fast asleep wife on the sofa and went for a bath. Twenty minutes later he returned back wearing a tracts and a T-Shirt. He woke his wife, "Stella, go for a bath."
"For five more minutes," she mumbled.
"Wash away the chlorine, it's not good."
"I know," she mumbled and was about to drift back to her sleep but he lifted her up again.
"Hey!" she squealed.
"What? Go and take a bath! Or you'd want me to? I am okay," he smirked.
"Don't be a pervert darling!" she scowled blushing infuriatingly. He ignored and he took her to the bathroom and made her sit on the slab.
"Stay here, I'll get your stuffs," he replied and went to the bedroom.
"Honey! I'll take care! I don't want you to bathe me!" she pouted as her cheeks turned redder.
"I am not! But I wish I could!" he mused to which her expression turned horrific.
Around two minutes he returned back seeing his wife glaring at him.
"Thank you," she mumbled grabbing all her stuffs. She was about to remove her monokini but she still saw her husband standing, with his hands tied one over the other.
"Tch," She gave a deathly glare to which he ran away.
Around forty minutes later, she returned back wearing a pink t-shirt with black shorts revealing her slender legs. His gazes were fixed on her, distracted from his work in laptop. She cocked an eyebrow and later on ignored him. She went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
"How was the dinner?" asked the blonde getting her hair dry with the hair dryer.
"Yup good," he replied vaguely, still his fingers randomly meddling with the keyboard and gazes fixed on the screen. He had his dinner along with his typing session.
"Really?" she asked.
"Yeah, but don't disturb me. I have an important meeting tomorrow," he replied which made her embarrassed. She usually gets hurt when someone tells her that she is disturbing. Already, the death of their child had a baneful impact on her. Now, all the controlled emotions played with her. Without greeting him, she thumped on the bed without covering herself with a blanket. He noticed her spirits coming down again. And he just noticed that he was going to finish typing his presentation. He was too unconscious of his progress towards finishing the work. He felt guilty for telling her like that. Sighing, he covered the blanket and gently rubbed her head. Around fifteen minutes later, he finished with his work and went off for sleep.
"Welcome home," greeted the blonde wife, focused on stitching a green scarf with a couple of white patterns. She was wearing a bun which made her look pretty. He observed how beautiful his wife looked when she was so focused.
"Hi darling," he replied as he removed his black coat, dropping his briefcase on the couch.
"You have been doing this for over a month," he remarked.
"I am not as fast as you, hubby," she replied. They still haven't gone back to their old spirits which was present in them during the first five months of marriage. They've talked to each other so well, but nothing could make them happier.
"How's your NGO going on?" asked Kane to his wife.
"Yup," she replied. After toiling her fingers, she halted her work and kept her things aside in a box.
"Sorry, didn't see you," she apologized as she clutched his tie, gently removing it.
"No problem, my little woman," he replied. She could sense that he was coming out of it. Yes, he is trying to proceed. Sighing, she went to the balcony, sat on the swing as she looked at the whole of Canberra. She felt as if she was the Queen and felt like she was holding it. She laid her head against the silver chain. She seemed to be so down. Seeing her, Kane went and sat beside her.
"Stella?" he asked as his face occupied a bright smile. Wow, a true energetic one after two solid weeks! She turned and was shocked to see her husband smiling. She smiled very lightly and asked, "Yes hubby?"
"We can't get back our child if we keep lamenting inwards and outwards? Just understand. Don't worry, he or she will get the biggest justice in the world. So, instead of staying here, shall we move on?" he asked. It was a genuine reason.
"But Kane, he or she is our child-"
"Yeah, he or she is still our child. It's watching us. It will remain in our hearts, but shall we be jovial? So many women in this world turn infertile after meeting with their first miscarriage, but you still have a chance. You are lucky! You can still get pregnant! So, what's your take?" he asked as his smile brightened up and he cupped her chin cutely.
Somehow nodding her head, she replied, "Yes."
"Can you smile for me?"
She smiled, but that was weak.
"I said smile, not simper," he replied in sarcasm, which made her laugh.
"I want this from you Stella!" exclaimed Kane, to which she flushed deeper.
"Now shall we go ahead? That's over, so forget it," he replied pulling her closer to her. Their noses hit each other. Instead of kissing her lips, he pecked her forehead.
It has been over a week since she and her husband returned back from Australia. Her husband thought of meeting Kane for once, but she refrained him as Kane's temper wasn't good back then. Still, the guilt invaded her though Kane and Stella went ahead.
Now, she is in a beach under the moonlit night, taking fragile steps on the sand. Eyes were cerise, almost possessing the hue of her own red-hair. She was simply dressed in a pink knee-length top and black three-fourths. Her red ponytail was fluttering. Her face was soaked with sweat and tears. She dropped herself completely on the sand grains as her cries reached to a greater level. The words kept echoing her ears…
That's what she did Stella! In childhood, do you know how much I struggled to enunciate her word by word that I loved her? She never returned back the feelings, rejecting me for each and every time! Okay, it's understood that it was a mere teenage thingy, but even after growing up she never returned to me! I confessed her at eighteen, twenty, twenty-two! From that, shouldn't she have known that I love her still? And that it was true love? What's her intention? To make me cripple? To roast me to no end?
YOU were, but not NOW! I thought of going on well with you, but…. But you just shattered it into pieces! You…. Bloody woman!
"YEAH! I AM NOT A BLOODY WOMAN, but…. YEAH! I AM A BITCH! YEAH! I AM A MURDERER! BUT NEVER INTENDED TO MURDER A CHILD! HOW WILL I EVER DO THAT TO AN UNBORN CHILD?! AM I THAT STONE-HEARTED?!" she screamed, making the birds venture out. She almost blocked her ears as the words kept echoing again and again. She took a louder gasp, panted as if she had no oxygen and her career being ruined impacted her a lot. She never thought that her own best friend, ah no the person whom she loves who scold her.
Feeling nauseating, she went back home by walk, but trudge the path though it was smooth enough for a walk.
"Hi," greeted her raven-haired husband who was reading a book.
"Hi," she replied, but went to her room quickly, which made the Chinese upset. She shut the door and grabbed a piece of paper and a black ink pen.
She wrote….
Dear Kane,
I am really very, very, very, very, very, very, very (for infinite times) sorry for whatever happened to you and Stella. We have been great friends for so many years, so I don't want to severe my bond with you in anyway. I am extremely sorry to have not being paid attention to your love for me. I should have thought a little before marrying any other man. But, I have a humble request Kane. Nothing can be bought back. For you, I am ready to stay with you for a month to spend good time with you, talk to you and sort out things, but I have no problem if you refuse because I know in what state your wife is. I am sorry Kane. Ask me if you want some money, please call me and talk to me. I am ready to give anything you want! I understand that you are being isolated and neglected in the World of Beyblading, but I'll give you a chance again. I know that you have a lot of talent in you, but talents are being suppressed by favouritism and nepotism. Probably, WBBA would have lost so much of talents just like this. It's because of you I am working here. YOU were the one who taught me this game. Without you, I wouldn't have been here Kane. Really, you are my role model! You were the one who told me that we'll have to enjoy the game and not worry so much about winning or losing in it. That's the advice you gave me. Look at the game! What it has turned you out! But please Kane! You were my mentor, my friend, my anything!
Till date, you are my best friend! I like you more than anybody else! Among all the friends whom I have, you are the best of all! Please, kindly pardon this good for nothing bitch! I seriously wouldn't have held this position as the manager of WBBA in Japan if you haven't entered my life or if you haven't entered beyblading. Please! I want to hug you, calm you down, cuddle to you and do other friendly stuffs!
Maybe the love complications separated us, but I don't want this to ruin our friendship. I don't want to tear and shatter our bond anymore! Just listen Kane, I still love you. I know that this can break Stella's heart, but you still have the right to break mine, not hers. I can feel your state when you were heartbroken seeing me and my husband together. The same pain I am experiencing now. Really wanna ask, how were you able to bear the biggest pains in life? Really, I can't bear it! Hahahaha! How strong you were! And how strong you are! That's why I always look at you as my inspiration!
Okay, coming back. So I sincerely hope that you'll like me again as the same old best friend of yours. I don't want all the misunderstandings in this love ruin our friendship. If the amorousness of ours is dead, let our friendship remain the same. I still can't forget you Kane. I am there for you anytime!
See ya soon!
~You know who❤^_^
After finishing the letter, few tears dropped and smudged the black ink at a few places, making a few letters unclear but she needn't have to correct it because she believed that he WILL now what she had written there.
Ten months later:
The tensed blunette was walking up and down, as he bit his lower lip inwards. In just a few minutes, he will become a father. That nervousness still invaded him. Soon, a nurse popped out from the delivery room and announced, "Congratulations sir! It's a boy!"
The ocean eyes were brimmed with tears and his lips parted away in excitement. He opened the door, hearing the fresh cries of his son. There was his wife, lying lymph and dead looking yet, her beautiful smile still remained intact on her face. Stains of tears were evident and she was still crying but out of euphoria. Dark circles under her eyes were visible. The blunette was given the new soul by the doctor. He gently received it with both anxiety and excitement. He gently cradled him as it wobbled its limbs in the air. The deep blue hair and its beautiful ocean blue eyes resembled its father. Then, he went to his wife and gave her their son. She received it gently and cradled it.
"He looks like you," remarked Stella.
"Yeah, but he is like you too," he replied and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. She too kissed his cheek with her half-soft-cold lips, feeling the warmth of his cheeks as he flushed.
"Okay Stella, I'll come back in a few minutes. I'll have to go and pick up my brother from the Airport. I'll come back soon, okay?"
"Okay," she replied as she shut her eyelids for a few seconds. The blonde looked at her new baby, going to its slumber state gradually. She gently rubbed the short yet slimy hair of her son, gently resting on her arms.
Soon, other relatives of theirs were there too, adoring the new born mushy baby and inviting it with pleasure to their family. Almost most of them were there, except for a certain scarlet-haired with her husband.
Later, Goki and Jim too came there.
"Hey Kane! Congo dude! " exclaimed those boys in synchrony, to which the blunette was quiet surprised and felt like he was relieved from all the pains which he had to bear in his life.
"Goki… Jim?" he asked as they both walked to him.
"Became a father so soon, ah?" nudged the hefty guy, to which the blunette blushed and scratched his head.
"Aww, feeling very shy ah?" mocked the short blonde.
"This is not soon dudes, it took a lot of time," he replied.
"Really… We finally achieved it after losing our child. I hope you both heard about it," said the blunette in a glum tone. Both his friends remained sad for a moment, till the blunette continued, "Anyhow, it's over. Can't ponder over it."
"Just chill dude. You have got a sweet medicine for the pain," remarked Jim.
"And you have got a beautiful woman after I swore on behalf of you, and that did come true!" winked the black-head which led the blunette to blush infuriatingly.
"But… hasn't she come here?" asked Goki.
"No," replied the blunette in a worried tone.
"Without her, our team looks incomplete, hope she comes here with her husband," remarked Jim giving a sad smile.
"Kane, you never told us that you loved her dude. We could have…"
"After proposing and getting rejected, what else is there to tell?" replied the blunette with an effortless smirk.
"I don't whether should I feel sorry for her, but after all, she is our friend. She is sweet too, right? Without her, our team is defective," remarked Goki.
"This team couldn't have been beautiful without her," replied the blunette with a sad smile.
"Kane, do you feel that you can go back to her? Because… Stella."
"I wish I could go to past and undo everything, but I and Stella are destined for each other so I just sacrificed my wish. But it really hurts me when I see her with another man."
"Okay, just leave it. Things will be good for you guys!" exclaimed Jim with a wide yet cute smile on his face.
"You still haven't changed dude! The same cutie Jim! I wanna see you married!" remarked Kane pulling the blonde's cheek wider.
"Oww, it pains!" whined the blonde.
"But Kane, I forgot to tell you one more thing. Do you know that Ozuma loved Mariam?" asked Goki, which made the blunette gasp.
"Really? I never knew that! But, isn't she married to Max?" asked the sceptical blunette.
"Yeah, and Ozuma is upset too. I have no clue why these girls are chasing behind the so famous guys," sighed Jim.
"I see. But Ozuma is happy with his wife I guess. Unlike me, he'll forget things so soon. But we can't blame Tyson and others too. Indeed, they've helped us a lot," smiled the blunette sadly.
"And Ozuma hardly spoke to Mariam after her wedding. Really, that made her worried. She too apologized Ozuma and he did. Good that their relationship is somehow better and Mariam didn't do anything harmful unlike what, S-"
"No guys, even she never intended to do. I was so harsh with her that day and I really feel guilty to talk to her. It was my mistake too. How depressed she would have been?" asked Kane as he was in the verge of crying.
"Don't worry Kane. She'll be alright," consoled Jim.
"Hey guys, your ragger is here!"
The three guys turned back to see a black-head who was much older than them.
"Queen!" exclaimed the three guys.
"Hi sister!" greeted Jim as Queen pulled his other cheek.
"So cute you're still, ah?" she asked as she chortled.
She turned to Kane and said, "Congratulations junior! Became a father, ah? Thanks for making me an aunt so soon!"
"Yeah," he replied as he scratched his head.
"So how is Stella?" she asked.
"She is fine," he replied with a smile
"Hmm… Heard a lot. I felt very sorry. You could have called me for help, right?" she said.
The blunette bent his down. Sighing, he replied, "It's okay."
"Need not worry Kane. I am there to help you. As I said earlier, I was so shocked. We are really sorry for whatever happened to you and Stella. But need not worry, you'll have a good company after all. You'll lead a happy life. God will bless you."
"Thank you so much sis!" cried Kane as he hugged the black-head. After retreating from each other, they saw a dual-haired Spaniard and a tall red-head Russian approaching with their kid. The smile from the black-head faded as she acted as if she never knew them. Of course, the red-head knew the reason and he refrained from arguing.
"Kane," approached Tala.
"Hi," he greeted them with a smile.
"Congratulations man. Heard a lot. We are sorry dude. Seriously, the death of your child and your backgrounds made me shock."
"Hmmm…" he sighed as he ceased to talk further.
"Hey Queen, how are you?" asked Tala, to which she interfered ignoring his question, "Ah Kane! I have promised my mother that I'll call her today because she is sick. King has gone to meet them. I'll have to call my husband Hiro too," she said as she walked off, almost glaring at the red-head Russian. He felt embarrassed and bent his head down and the Spaniard wife consoled him.
"She would have definitely felt bad after what you've did to her Tala. Seriously! She was evil! I accept that! Then, why did you judge her by her past?" asked Kane.
"Sorry if I have hurt you," he apologized.
"No Kane. It was my mistake too. After hearing that she and King did cheat in the championships, I rejected her love. The biggest mistake I did. And… her suicidal attempt…"
"Oh honey, just forget it! Queen will be alright!" consoled Julia.
"She is alright Jules! But, she isn't alright when I am around her!"
"I am really sorry, it was just because of me you got reminded…"paused Kane to which Tala swayed his head in dismay.
Around ten minutes later, Queen returned back with a smile but frowned as Tala looked at her stealthily though evident to Julia.
"Wondering that I am still alive, right? I was saved on time by Kane that day," she said grimacing.
"No Queen! Not at all! I knew that you were saved on the day of my… Wedding."
"Hnn!" she hummed as she turned to Kane, "Shall I meet Stella?"
"Yeah, of course!" exclaimed the blunette as he nervously smiled, looking at Queen who was trying to revenge her ex silently. She walked to the room and quickly opened the door, followed by her squeal after looking at the baby boy.
"See Kane. I married Julia as per my aunt's wish and she refused to make me get married with Queen."
"But still you broke her heart Tala. If I and Ozuma hadn't come to your wedding, she would have been dead and god knows to what state you would have been like what happened to her. In a way, I saved both of you," he smiled feebly.
"Hmm, but would it be okay if I go and talk to her?" asked Tala.
"Yeah! Hope it wouldn't be a mess," remarked the blunette. The red-head went to the room, trying to talk with her and consoling things out. Around a minute later, the red-head Russian and the black-head went out and talked to each other in a separate area. The Spaniard gulped, hoping that things would be alright.
It has been over eighteen months since Kane and Stella started their parenting. Their blunette boy almost looked like Kane, his mushy fringes hiding his forehead. He got so attached to his mother that he eventually became the mamma's boy, pinching her nose, cheeks, pull her hair and rest on her bosom. The father would just chortle and at times play with them, lift him up and the little baby would enjoy too. But, still the child couldn't walk or talk, which made the disappointed.
The blunette baby and the mother were having a good time in the room and meanwhile the blunette was working on a lecture for his students in a separate room. Suddenly, he heard the sound of the calling bell. He got up and opened. Shocked, he saw four men standing in guilt. One, a navy-haired, a blonde, a dual-haired and a raven-haired. They had sorrowful looks. The blunette nodded his head as he smiled weakly, "Get in."
The four got to sit on the sofa and meanwhile, the blunette asked his wife to give them something to eat. The blonde bought some biscuits baked by her yesterday. Looking at her, the navy-haired gasped, "Man! You… you never told me that…"
"You never knew that I married Stella?"
"Never told me that there are beautiful girls in Australia!" he gasped to which all slapped their heads.
"Tyson, Hilary will screw you man!" remarked Max.
"Okay, enough of jokes. Kane, we wanted to talk to you. We thought of meeting you much earlier, but heard that you weren't in a mood to meet anybody so we refrained," said Kai as his hands were tied.
"But, we guessed whether your mood would have lightened because… you have a child," remarked the raven-haired, being a bit hesitant to talk in guilt.
"No, I have no problem," remarked the blunette, somehow blooming a smile.
"Kane… we are really very sorry for whatever happened. Please forgive us. I really wanna battle with you again, but… got a little disappointed after hearing that you've dropped blading," sighed the navy-haired.
"Really Tyson. I dropped at the age of seventeen. Just three years after battling with you in the tower…" paused the blunette.
"I talked to Ozuma. He seemed to be fine too. He too has started talking with Mariam and in no way he hampered their relationship as a friend," remarked the blonde.
"Yes Kane, will you pardon my wife?" asked the Neko-Jin as his eyes along with his mouth pleaded him.
"Honestly, I myself felt guilty and I am not pardoning her because she need not apologize. Really man, you have got a good wife. So take good care of her," remarked the blunette with a smile, which made the Bladebreakers astonished.
"Thanks dude! You have a good heart!" exclaimed Tyson, hugging him to which the blunette cried.
"Tyson?" he mumbled.
"Yup dude! Don't worry, we'll make sure that you'll get a good position in beyblading, okay!?" smiled the navy-haired with his teeth wide.
"Thank you but… Now I am a little older and I wanted to achieve that during my childhood, not now. I am currently not ready to join in," he remarked with a sad smile.
"Hmm… Okay, no problem. It's just fine. We too aren't bladers right now, but we work in that field. So, we asked whether you could…" paused Kai.
"No Kai, I am happy as a doctor now. But thank you very much guys, can't forget this help," replied the blunette. Now, the five-month old toddler popped out, managing to walk. Both the different shaded blue eyes of the couple got widened. It was struggling to walk meanwhile the other babies did walk at their twelfth month. Happy tears were coming out from the parents as they went to him. They were a few metres away. Suddenly, the child lost its balance and fell down. Stella was about to go but Kane stopped her, swaying his head in dismay. His expressions spoke, 'Let him come.'
The blonde agreed with him. She had her hands stretched. The four guests were watching them with curiosity.
Now, the toddler got up and managed to walk again though its stableness fluctuated. Finally, it pounced on its mother's lap as she embraced his tiny figure.
"You did it Luce! You did it my boy!" she cried, meanwhile, Kane rubbed the head of his son in pride.
The guests couldn't control their tears. Their children started walking much earlier but, their hearts which were feeling sorry for this innocent couple were astonished.
The son looked at his mother and called unexpectedly, "Mamma! Papa!"
Now, tears went down like cascades. Both the father and mother gently embraced their child as it climbed on both of their laps, cutely reaching its parents.
"I guess he has got what he craves for," remarked the Neko-Jin, smiling innocently at the family, wiping his tears.
"Yup!" cried Tyson heavily.
The baby boy got away from its parents and reached for the four men, who were beaming at the toddler. Tyson gently took him by his arms as he cradled it gently.
"Kane! Will it call me an uncle?" asked Tyson.
"No, it will call you a bread-basket," winked Kai, to which all of them laughed including the baby. Tyson pouted as the baby was mocking him with laughter.
Epilogue~
Around ten years have passed. Luce grew up and he had a blonde baby-sister called Sally.She had cute eyes and silky dark blonde hair like her mother. The blonde woman in her late thirties year old woman looked out of her window, looking at their white care being bound by a few yellow autumn leaves and watching her children play along with a female scarlet of around Luce's age, having bright gold pupils. Her hair was being pulled by the blunette. She whined and asked,
"Luce! Will you leave me?" she pouted.
"Nah! Your hair is pretty gurl! I'd love it!" he replied. Both the eleven-year kids starred at each other, blushing. Then, Sally approached.
"Brother! Brother! I'll come too!" pouted the blonde, to which the older blonde chortled. The eleven-year old scarlet clasped her soft-tiny hands.
"Me too!" yelled a raven-haired Neko-Jin of almost Sally's age.
"Hey Stella!" approached a thirty-nine year old blunette, as he approached and kissed her forehead.
"Hi darling," she responded, brushing her lips against his cheek, to which he flushed.
"Look at our kids… They are really friendly with Ray and Salima's children."
"Yeah, because they trust a lot. Aah, forgot to mention. Both will pick their kids an hour later. The WBBA meeting is still going on here," smiled the blunette.
"Oh okay, but it looks like that they won't leave each other. Such naughty children they are," she replied as the blunette chortled.
The lovely couple watched them from the window, being moved by the innocence of the children. The little blunette looked up seeing his parents. They were smiling at him, to which he did too.
"Hey, what's up Luce?" asked Stella.
Without replying, he turned back but halted again, thinking as he closed his eyes,
'Good that Mamma and I aren't beaten again.'
Done!
So got all the answers? XD
What did the last line convey to you all? :P
Guess the song. Its the translation of a Bollywood song.
Misty, earlier I said that your guess was not bad, but actually your guess was brilliant! Even you too Simy! And Annie, it's actually Salima. I said it was a canon girl so it's none apart from her.
Hope you all enjoyed. Thank god I just had two tests this week and didn't have so much to study (thanks to it being English today XD) but I am not free the next week because I have a lot more to study then. But no worries, I'll be there to read all your fics if possible ;)
And, I think I SHOULD write a similar shot for Kane/Sal because I have shown her a little bit of spoiler here, but actually Salima will always be there to support him because she is a genuine sweet-heart, so I will write but it may not be a hubby-wifey. It will more likely be a teen fic (or when they are in college). And glad to know that you all prefer Kane with Salima :)
I too wrote so many sad stories like AHGANM, so I will write some hilarious fics too! ;)
Pardon for mistakes because I didn't proof-read it. Do tell if it has any.
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Bye, bye! See ya soon! Take care :D
-Nain ^^